Here’s the next in a series of blog posts I’ve been doing over at Laidback radio this time with local jazz/beat wizard Lewis McCallum.
Since moving to NZ in 2000 I’ve discovered a certain detachment from the direct and sometimes overpowering influences of “scenes” which can really give NZ artists the ability and freedom to create new styles and sounds, to make bold decisions on song arrangement and production styles, to push the boundaries of expression, you only have to listen to EWH, Lisa Preston or Lewis McCallum to see that there is little commercial conformity to “a sound” and I think this leads to a fresh approach to the creative process and the production music.
read the rest of the interview
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